Last night my son spent the night with my in-laws. It was our first night in ages without our son, so I was hoping for a nice romantic night with my hubby. Yeah, right. I knew that wasn't going to happen. So I ordered myself a pizza from my new favorite pizza place in town (Jets Pizza-so YUMMY) and tried to get some of my to-do list done. One of the big things I needed to do was get my hubby's help with taking all of the rubber tubs up to the attic that our Christmas decorations were in. They have been in our guest room since Thanksgiving weekend just waiting on him to take them back up. I have tried not to nag him about it or stress out too much about them being in there!~after all, that door does stay closed most of the time. Well with the holidays approaching my parents will be coming into town on Sunday so they will need a place to sleep. So I made sure to get the tubs all ready to go up along with some of our sons baby clothes. My dear hubby did end up taking them to the attic last night but not without putting me in a bad mood first. He just doesn't seem to understand why all of the tubs have to go to the attic only to be brought back down in a week or so. His question is this "why make more work for ourselves?" which most of the time is a good question. But seriously, if he had of taken them up to the attic a few Weeks ago when I first asked then he wouldn't be bringing them back down so soon.
So fast forward to this morning. I should have been relaxing and enjoying the little time I had to myself before my son came home. But instead I decided to try and tackle a few chours so I would have more time to spend with him when he got home and this weekend. So I started by getting all of the extra trash out since it was trash day. Then I came upstairs and started to vacuum our bonus room which is the room we spend the most time in. Only to find hidden dog pee all over and sticky goo in the carpet from the dogs having bones. So after spending 45 mins cleaning up the spots and finishing vacuuming. So I moved onto the guest room, which I found more pee in. Imagine my frustration. So going with my husbands motto "why create more work or stress for ourselves?" I decided on a new house rule~NO DOGS ALLOWED ON THE CARPET! For those who have not been to our home the bedrooms & bonus rooms are the only areas with carpet. So that leaves the dogs with a lot of play areas that have hardwood. So I was proud of myself for making this rule. As I lugged the vacuum down stairs I found a puddle of pee in the foyer hallway. So I cleaned it up-not as big of a deal since its hardwood. I go to the master bedroom to find our Boxer(who is not allowed on the furniture) laying up in the middle of the pillows on our bed like a princess. Yes, she knows how to open doors. So our little dog also followed her into our bedroom and decided to pee and poop in there. Seriously, I am over it the dogs are 3 & 5 years old. So needless to say I have had a rough morning. But my son is home and down for a nap and the dogs are no longer allowed on the carpet. We will see how this new rule works in our home.
Friday, December 19, 2008
Monday, December 8, 2008
So as I was looking thru some blogs tonight I found the following article over at How to Be a Housewife. I must say this is a perfect article. I am fairly new to blogging and must admit to spending hours some days looking thru blogs. Its very addiciting to look at other peoples lives that you have never met. My most favorite part of the article has to be the photo of the dog in the dishwasher, I could so see Chloe (our boxer) doing this. After all she knows how to get out of her cage, open the baby gate, open the doors in our house and even get ice or water out of the door of our fridge (yes, no exadurating, she can do all of these). The photos didnt copy with the article so be sure to visit this blog to check them out. I promise they are worth it!
Here the article:
So you sat down at the computer at 8:00 AM right after your husband left for work this morning, and thought you'd read a few blogs, write a bit on your own - you know - catch up. You sip your coffee, get up and make a sandwich, knowing full well in just a minute you'll get up from the computer and get going on your housework and things you need to get done that day. You casually look up at the clock and GASP! it's 4:45! Your husband is due home from work in 15 minutes! He's going to see the messy house, the unmade bed, the piles on the counter, the dirty laundry and ohmygawd, he's going to know -- he's going to know you did nothing all day - he's going to think you're addicted to the computer -- he's going to think you're (gasp!) a terrible housewife! Oh, he might not say it -- but you know he's going to think it. You can practically hear the gavel of the Divorce Court judge banging on the desk!
What would June Cleaver do? Nothing -- June Cleaver had a full time housekeeper. But that's OK - Relaaaxxxxx... piece 'o cake. I'm here to rescue you.
Here's the blogging housewife's fast method of doing housework.
1. Calmly let go of your mouse -- flex your fingers a few times to get feeling back in them.
2. R-U-N (not walk - RUN) up the stairs to your master bedroom. Throw all bed pillows on the floor, yank up the sheets, yank up the blanket, yank up the quilt, smooth them all down, put the pillows back on.
3. Grab a laundry basket, run to the hamper (you're not walking are you?!), pull out one small load of clothes (enough so the hamper shuts). Put the basket by the door.
4. Go to your master bathroom, grab the wet washcloth, wipe down the sink surround. Then lift the toilet seat and give that a wipe. We're talking fast here - one swish - it gets what it gets.
5. Bringing the washcloth with you (ewwwwww - did you think I was going to leave it in the bathroom to be used again?), return to the laundry basket, bring it to the laundry. Put last week's half-wet wash in the dryer with two dryer sheets (maybe that musty smell will go away), turn on the dryer. Put the new load your brought downstairs in the washer and turn it on. Water temp, load size, detergent -- none of that matters -- you just want the washer and dryer going when your husband walks in the door.
5a. If you're real lucky today (and you could use some today!), there will be a load of dry clothes in the dryer that should have been folded three days ago. Grab an armload of the dry cloths and place them on the family room (or whatever room he watches TV in) couch. When the laundry basket is empty from step 5, put these clothes in the laundry basket -- and return it to the couch.
6. Go to your kitchen. Fill up your sink with about 2 inches of hot water. Dump in some lysol or equally strong smelling cleaner. Grab your kitchen dishrag and wipe down open spots on the counter and stove top.
7. Dirty dishes fast into the dishwasher if you can. Doesn't matter if there's clean dishes in there, they won't shrink if you wash them again. If you can't fit it all in, go for storage under the sink. Men never look under the sink.
8. Run into the family room, plump the cushions, grab whatever is obviously out of place and put it somewhere... cabinets are good, drawers are good, a broom closet works in a pinch. Put the remote control next to "his chair".
9. Back to the kitchen. Grab cans of food, a bag of flour, eggs and some kind of meat out of the refrigerator. Put it on the counter where you normally prepare food. It doesn't matter if that's what you're going to make for dinner -- it will look like you've got dinner thought out and ready to start cooking.
10. If you've yet to hear the car pull into the driveway, put on a pot of coffee. Put two store bought Chocolate Chip cookies on a plate and nuke them for 10 seconds as soon as you hear that car. Place them next to the coffee -- with a paper napkin.Still time left?
11. Grab a hairbrush and brush.
So what have we accomplished in under 15 minutes?
The house smells like you've been cleaning all day long (Lysol in the kitchen sink).
The house smells like you've been baking (microwaved cookies).
Your bathroom is sparkling clean (he doesn't see pee on the seat, and his coffee cup marks are gone from the sink).
You have obviously done at least three loads of laundry -- one on the couch to fold, one in the dryer, one in the washer.
The bed is made. If you don't normally do this, your husband is REALLY going to think you cleaned all day. If you do normally do it, he'll think all is right with the world.
You are neat, clean and completely unfrazzled. You are neat and clean.And if you're lucky, you still have time to come back to your computer and blog an article like this one!
Here the article:
So you sat down at the computer at 8:00 AM right after your husband left for work this morning, and thought you'd read a few blogs, write a bit on your own - you know - catch up. You sip your coffee, get up and make a sandwich, knowing full well in just a minute you'll get up from the computer and get going on your housework and things you need to get done that day. You casually look up at the clock and GASP! it's 4:45! Your husband is due home from work in 15 minutes! He's going to see the messy house, the unmade bed, the piles on the counter, the dirty laundry and ohmygawd, he's going to know -- he's going to know you did nothing all day - he's going to think you're addicted to the computer -- he's going to think you're (gasp!) a terrible housewife! Oh, he might not say it -- but you know he's going to think it. You can practically hear the gavel of the Divorce Court judge banging on the desk!
What would June Cleaver do? Nothing -- June Cleaver had a full time housekeeper. But that's OK - Relaaaxxxxx... piece 'o cake. I'm here to rescue you.
Here's the blogging housewife's fast method of doing housework.
1. Calmly let go of your mouse -- flex your fingers a few times to get feeling back in them.
2. R-U-N (not walk - RUN) up the stairs to your master bedroom. Throw all bed pillows on the floor, yank up the sheets, yank up the blanket, yank up the quilt, smooth them all down, put the pillows back on.
3. Grab a laundry basket, run to the hamper (you're not walking are you?!), pull out one small load of clothes (enough so the hamper shuts). Put the basket by the door.
4. Go to your master bathroom, grab the wet washcloth, wipe down the sink surround. Then lift the toilet seat and give that a wipe. We're talking fast here - one swish - it gets what it gets.
5. Bringing the washcloth with you (ewwwwww - did you think I was going to leave it in the bathroom to be used again?), return to the laundry basket, bring it to the laundry. Put last week's half-wet wash in the dryer with two dryer sheets (maybe that musty smell will go away), turn on the dryer. Put the new load your brought downstairs in the washer and turn it on. Water temp, load size, detergent -- none of that matters -- you just want the washer and dryer going when your husband walks in the door.
5a. If you're real lucky today (and you could use some today!), there will be a load of dry clothes in the dryer that should have been folded three days ago. Grab an armload of the dry cloths and place them on the family room (or whatever room he watches TV in) couch. When the laundry basket is empty from step 5, put these clothes in the laundry basket -- and return it to the couch.
6. Go to your kitchen. Fill up your sink with about 2 inches of hot water. Dump in some lysol or equally strong smelling cleaner. Grab your kitchen dishrag and wipe down open spots on the counter and stove top.
7. Dirty dishes fast into the dishwasher if you can. Doesn't matter if there's clean dishes in there, they won't shrink if you wash them again. If you can't fit it all in, go for storage under the sink. Men never look under the sink.
8. Run into the family room, plump the cushions, grab whatever is obviously out of place and put it somewhere... cabinets are good, drawers are good, a broom closet works in a pinch. Put the remote control next to "his chair".
9. Back to the kitchen. Grab cans of food, a bag of flour, eggs and some kind of meat out of the refrigerator. Put it on the counter where you normally prepare food. It doesn't matter if that's what you're going to make for dinner -- it will look like you've got dinner thought out and ready to start cooking.
10. If you've yet to hear the car pull into the driveway, put on a pot of coffee. Put two store bought Chocolate Chip cookies on a plate and nuke them for 10 seconds as soon as you hear that car. Place them next to the coffee -- with a paper napkin.Still time left?
11. Grab a hairbrush and brush.
So what have we accomplished in under 15 minutes?
The house smells like you've been cleaning all day long (Lysol in the kitchen sink).
The house smells like you've been baking (microwaved cookies).
Your bathroom is sparkling clean (he doesn't see pee on the seat, and his coffee cup marks are gone from the sink).
You have obviously done at least three loads of laundry -- one on the couch to fold, one in the dryer, one in the washer.
The bed is made. If you don't normally do this, your husband is REALLY going to think you cleaned all day. If you do normally do it, he'll think all is right with the world.
You are neat, clean and completely unfrazzled. You are neat and clean.And if you're lucky, you still have time to come back to your computer and blog an article like this one!
Thursday, December 4, 2008
The hardest job in the world
Who knew that being a mom could be so hard? Duh, anyone who is a mom already. As hard as it may be (some days harder than others) it is by far the most rewarding job there is. It doesn't pay much unless you count the poopie diapers, slobber, droll or spit up. But when your child looks at you and says "mama" or hugs you so tight you would think you won the lottery (or at least that's how I feel). My son is my world and there may be days that I feel like running away, but I know I could not make it a day without him. He is my everything.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Yummy holiday drinks
This morning when I logged on and checked out some of the blogs I follow I found the below over at Stem Parties. Dont they just look amazing. I will def. be testing them both out this season.
You can view her posting here:
Candy Cane Hot Chocolate
4 cups milk2-3 (1 ounce) squares semisweet chocolate, chopped4 peppermint candy canes, crushed to powder1 cup whipped cream4 small peppermint candy canes
In a saucepan, heat milk until hot, but not boiling. Whisk in the chocolate and the crushed peppermint candies until melted and smooth. Pour hot cocoa into four mugs, and garnish with whipped cream. Serve each with a candy cane stirring stick. (or add peppermint liqueur for a kick!)
via allrecipes.com
Peppermint Martini
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5 oz vanilla vodka2 oz white creme de menthe1/2 oz peppermint schnappsmini candy canes
You can view her posting here:
Candy Cane Hot Chocolate4 cups milk2-3 (1 ounce) squares semisweet chocolate, chopped4 peppermint candy canes, crushed to powder1 cup whipped cream4 small peppermint candy canes
In a saucepan, heat milk until hot, but not boiling. Whisk in the chocolate and the crushed peppermint candies until melted and smooth. Pour hot cocoa into four mugs, and garnish with whipped cream. Serve each with a candy cane stirring stick. (or add peppermint liqueur for a kick!)
via allrecipes.com
Peppermint Martini
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Being Thankful...
With Thanksgiving this week I cant help but think of all the things that I am thankful for. I came across the article below and its so right on.
I found the below this morning over at Trying to Stay Calm
What a perfect time of year for this~
Living in thanksgiving daily is a habit that will enrich our lives and the lives of those we l♥ve...
It isn't what you have in your pocket that makes you thankful, but what you have in your heart.
It is impossible to feel grateful and depressed in the same moment.~ Naomi Williams ~
Gratitude can turn a negative into a positive. Find a way to be thankful for your troubles and they can become your blessings.
I am thankful to all of you that follow this blog!May the Lord bless you and your families during this Thanksgiving Holiday season :) ♥ Hugs!
I found the below this morning over at Trying to Stay Calm
What a perfect time of year for this~
Living in thanksgiving daily is a habit that will enrich our lives and the lives of those we l♥ve...
It isn't what you have in your pocket that makes you thankful, but what you have in your heart.
It is impossible to feel grateful and depressed in the same moment.~ Naomi Williams ~
Gratitude can turn a negative into a positive. Find a way to be thankful for your troubles and they can become your blessings.
I am thankful to all of you that follow this blog!May the Lord bless you and your families during this Thanksgiving Holiday season :) ♥ Hugs!
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Confession: I want to be a Martha or Bree with my holiday parties
With the holidays approaching and festivities starting to be planned I want to be a Martha. I want to throw amazing functions that wow people. I really wish to have it all together like Martha and Bree. I wish that my house was perfect all the time and that dinner was always something amazing. But lets face it. I have a 13 month old, 2 dogs and a husband. So my house is crazy. I try the best I can to keep everything together and in place, but it doesn't always work. So as I am getting ready for the holidays I have been working on organizing and cleaning things out to make room for all the new goodies we get. I have cleaned out Austin's closet and gone thru his toys, I am working on our stuff. I have my pantry all organized again (I will have to get a photo of it-I am so proud and I know it wont last for too long).
I am hosting a Tiny Tot Holiday Party for my moms group so I have been starting to look for cute things to make and do. Below are a few things I have found.
Hostest With The Mostest rocks. Below are some of her party decoration ideas. She is AMAZING. Most of her settings are budget friendly and stuff you already have around the house.
Peppermint Twist
Santa Baby
I am hosting a Tiny Tot Holiday Party for my moms group so I have been starting to look for cute things to make and do. Below are a few things I have found.
Hostest With The Mostest rocks. Below are some of her party decoration ideas. She is AMAZING. Most of her settings are budget friendly and stuff you already have around the house.
Peppermint Twist
Santa Baby
Friday, November 21, 2008
Shopping update
Below are the new clothes I went and got for myself in the last two days. I am so excited. I still have to go thru everything that is already in my closet that I don't wear and weed thru it all. Maybe tonight after my little man goes to bed. I also still need to get some new shoes but I haven't found anything yet in my size that I really like. But I think I am off to a good start on getting some style back.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Confession: I'm not what I used to be
As I posed this on my family blog this morning I realize I am just not what I used to be anymore and I have to be happy with that. I used to be a size 2, OK lets get real that's probably never going to happen again. That is, unless I get sick and cant eat for a month, which isn't too realistic. So I need to make do with what I have and be happy. That doesn't mean that I am not going to try to start eating better and living a healthy lifestyle (for those that don't know me~I don't eat veggies or fruits- I am a cheese and fried chicken kind of girl).
But I am going to give up on fitting back into my old clothes. So today I am going to pack them all up and give them away. Of course there are some that I will keep in storage (like the stuff I wore right before I got preggers with my son), I just cant let those go yet. But anything below a size 6 in pants or small shirts are out of here. There is just no reason to keep them. If I was to ever fit in them again the will probably be out of style.
With that said, I will be needing some new clothes. As of right now I have 2 pairs of pants without elastic that fit and maybe 3 shirts that I actually feel comfortable wearing out of the house. I also only have 2 pairs of decent shoes that are not crocs so I might need to get some of those too. And lets face it those little undies from the pre preggers days are going to fit this mama anytime soon. But at the same time I can toss the "granny panties" from my pregnancy. So I am off to Kohls today besides there biggest sale of the season, year, or lifetime that they are having today, they have suckered me in with a 15% off coupon on my entire purchase. So I will be heading there today for a little retail therapy. Just because I work from home and don't go out a whole lot~doesn't mean that I have to look frumpy all the time. So I am off to get some new clothes "Mama's Bringing Sexy Back" , OK I wont go that far but I am off to get some clothes that make me feel good about myself. Who knows maybe next week I will get my hair cut and colored (which I haven't had done since LAST NOVEMBER).
Me Now
Me Then. I started to bust out the high school photos but that's not fair.
But I am going to give up on fitting back into my old clothes. So today I am going to pack them all up and give them away. Of course there are some that I will keep in storage (like the stuff I wore right before I got preggers with my son), I just cant let those go yet. But anything below a size 6 in pants or small shirts are out of here. There is just no reason to keep them. If I was to ever fit in them again the will probably be out of style.
With that said, I will be needing some new clothes. As of right now I have 2 pairs of pants without elastic that fit and maybe 3 shirts that I actually feel comfortable wearing out of the house. I also only have 2 pairs of decent shoes that are not crocs so I might need to get some of those too. And lets face it those little undies from the pre preggers days are going to fit this mama anytime soon. But at the same time I can toss the "granny panties" from my pregnancy. So I am off to Kohls today besides there biggest sale of the season, year, or lifetime that they are having today, they have suckered me in with a 15% off coupon on my entire purchase. So I will be heading there today for a little retail therapy. Just because I work from home and don't go out a whole lot~doesn't mean that I have to look frumpy all the time. So I am off to get some new clothes "Mama's Bringing Sexy Back" , OK I wont go that far but I am off to get some clothes that make me feel good about myself. Who knows maybe next week I will get my hair cut and colored (which I haven't had done since LAST NOVEMBER).
Me Now
Me Then. I started to bust out the high school photos but that's not fair.
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